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Using an L2 as an L1? (benefits, cautions | ||
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| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7155 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes  20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 9 of 11 04 April 2015 at 4:24am | IP Logged | ||
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If your French is good enough and the resources in Frnech for Wolof are overall better than those published in other languages, go for it.
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| Paco Senior Member Hong Kong Joined 4276 days ago 145 posts - 251 votes Speaks: Cantonese* | Message 10 of 11 05 April 2015 at 5:31pm | IP Logged | ||
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In fact, my working language is an L2. Not counting occasional conversation with family and
friends I know from a young age, I literally do everything in English: learning languages, studying philosophy, watching Youtube, even writing personal reflections, talking to myself, and hanging out with friends from all over the globe (who constitute the majority of my social circles at presence). I am not the only one who lives this way. I guess you do not see many people doing the same because most people do not learn their L2 well, rather than there is any inherent difficulty. Go ahead fellow linguist. You won't regret it. EDIT: I would like to add that it is certainly possible to use more than 1 language you know well to acquire linguistic knowledge, at worst it gives you no discount, at best it is even profitable since it means you have 1 more point of reference. I use English to do most things because there are more and better resources, plus it is the best way to maintain and improve it, but I do include Chinese resources in my Japanese programme when similarly advanced materials are lacking in the Western world. Edited by Paco on 12 April 2015 at 8:13pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| plumbem! Groupie United States Joined 3632 days ago 44 posts - 72 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Dutch, French | Message 11 of 11 13 April 2015 at 9:41pm | IP Logged | ||
Thanks for all of the encouragement everyone! I think I have enough experience with Dutch and French under my belt to go for it. I have spent the kit and kaboodle on what Wolof/French bilingual resources there were to be had! Hopefully I will find more in country. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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